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I hunt with a RB in 58 caliber. For elk I'd prefer a harder lead, wanting more penetration and not needing expansion. .58 is big enough. My load is 100 grains. Interesting thing is; that more than 100 grains and the powder will not burn in the barrel. Burnt powder just slows the bullet down: so advocating higher charges doesn't make sense to me ...
whichever shoots the best in YOUR rifle. I also Really like the looks of the new Nosler Accubond Long Range bullets. and they have two available in .308 caliber, weighing 190, and 210 grains.....if I was going to reload for the 0-6 nowadays, and include Elk in the equation, it would have the 190 grain bullet, or the Barnes 180 grain, PERIOD.
Welcome to the forum. I can't answer for elk hunting, but have had good luck shooting deer and hogs with calibers ranging from the .257 Roberts on the low end, up through the .280, .30-06, .338 Win Mag, .35 Rem, .444 Marlin, and have probably forgotten a few in the middle somewhere.
A single lung shot could mean that he would go far enough that you might not recover him. The .45-70 is an excellent elk cartridge if you limit yourself to brush or semi-brush hunting, but if you want the versatility of taking a bull that is standing in a clearcut at 250-300 yards it is a poor choice.
For elk hunting, I would prefer the .338 Ultra Mag, but .30-caliber fans should find a great new cartridge in the .300 Ultra Mag. This bull from the Jicarilla Apache Reservation fell to a .375 H&H. While the .375 is effective, it's really more cartridge than you need, and other rounds offer better trajectories.
I've killed several whitetail deer, five elk (one of them weighing 1200 pounds), a 7x7 red stag, and an Alaskan caribou with the 210gr Nosler Partition at a great variety of ranges and recommend that bullet highly. You need only go to the 250gr for extremely big & dangerous bears. Good hunting!
So let’s get into which one of these rounds is a better hunting cartridge. .30-06 Springfield History The development of the .30-06 Springfield was first started back in 1901 by the U.S. in an effort to replace the rimmed .30-40 Krag round of the Krag Jorgensen rifles.
Who knows, maybe that for all practical hunting applications, the .308 Win might be better than the .280 Rem. And maybe the .35 Whelan is better than 'em all. But that's the best part of cartridges: hunters have more that many to choose. I wish you continued hunting success with your .35 Whelan and many more fantastic memories afield.
Welcome to the forum marlinman. If I were hunting elk with the 308 I would go for a 165 grain or 180 grain bullet. The classic bullet designed for the 308 is the 150 grainer. That's not much difference. Either will work fine for deer.
25-06 will do it but that's a lot of powder and recoil for a varmint rifle. My first choice would be the 6mm Reminton but since that caliber is hard to come by, my second choice would be a 243. A 22-250 makes a great Varmint rifle and a very capable deer rifle but I would only recommend that for someone that's an excellent marksman.